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Great space vehicle, thanks for the top view! It looks great for a transport of some sort that never enters atmosphere. Those two pods on the side, are they docking bays like on the Battlestar Galactica? Thanks! I imagine the side ports near the front are either escape pods or little shuttles for p...

MikomDude wrote:How about more than a picture of a close-up side view. I'd love the see the whole ship, unfinished as it may be

Here goes
Sketches: Top view:

Lovely
Keep at it.

MikomDude wrote:That's really cool! I'll have a look at the tutorials.


And after seeing that second image I just couldn't resist posting this:

Actually, these are perfect. I wish I could get these at higher resolution. I should go look in my kitchen with my camera.

This is really nice. I'd like to know how you did it.

Hi. I've been working on a spaceship (in another thread) I've been thinking a lot about backgrounds. Here are some solutions I've played with lately. First of all I recommend this tutorial for Gimp users. http://mygimptutorial.com/the-ultimate-gimp-planet-tutorial" onclick="window.open(thi...

An update: I've been working on the rear fuselage, observation tower and nacelle. I've taken some detours to do modeling practice and develop background scenery. So work on this slowed. After I finish modeling and basic texturing I plan to light it, then experiment with color scheme. I imagine I'll ...

This is really good!

Just to chime in with another option: On the workspace side: Try putting hair on a sphere that already has a glow shader. Make the hair long, curly, and wide. Give the hair itself a transparency map shader with a cloudy grayscale transparency map. Also give it a fiery ambient texture map. Turn off d...

Nice colors. It looks cool